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Wednesday, May 10, 2017
2017 Preservation Award Recipients
Each year, Historic Salem, Inc. (HSI) invites the community to celebrate excellence in preservation by nominating outstanding restoration and renovation projects for our Preservation Awards. Whether a meticulous home restoration,...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The Civic Value of Public Space
We treasure our historic buildings in Salem. We love taking them in as we stroll by on foot, imagining them in their original context. The public spaces and passageways that...
Monday, April 3, 2017
The Lewis Hunt House
Perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the Lewis Hunt House, one of Salem’s lost architectural treasures, is that it survived long enough to be photographed. The two-and-a-half story first period...
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Book Club on April 13th
We’re currently reading “The Past & Future City” by Stephanie Meeks, the President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In it, Meeks explains the critical importance of preservation for...
Monday, March 20, 2017
The Hood Ice Cream Plant
Nestled behind a row of houses on Mason Street and a row of businesses on Commercial Street sits an industrial building that is, for the moment, empty. It started life...
Friday, March 17, 2017
Let’s Imagine Salem
“I love everything about Salem, but some things need to change.” – 4th grade student at Bates Elementary School Do you like where you live? We took this question to...
Monday, March 6, 2017
Signatures are needed to save the federal historic tax credit
The federal Historic Tax Credit program (HTC) is our government’s largest investment in historic preservation and since its inception, the program has leveraged nationally over $120 billion in private investment...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Community spirit wins again!
Sunday, February 26th marked the 242nd anniversary of Colonel Leslie’s retreat & over 200 people came out to celebrate with a reenactment! Thank you to Reverend Jeffrey Barz-Snell and the...
Friday, December 23, 2016
Check out photos from Christmas in Salem 2016!
Where do we even begin? We at Historic Salem, Inc., are beyond thankful for the outpouring of love + support for this year’s Christmas in Salem. It’s an exceptional time...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Check out photos from our garden party!
On August 21st, HSI celebrated members with a garden party at the Assembly House. Not only did we have beautiful weather and “revolutionary” guests in the persons of George Washington...
